Re: [PATCH] Documentation/patch-tags v3

[Stefan Richter]

Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 23:21 +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
>> people in the patch
>> forwarding chain should only add this tag if the reviewer sent it
>> explicitly in his response.  Unlike with Acked-by and Tested-by, we must
>> not guess whether a reviewer wants to have his Reviewed-by added.
> 
> In that case the reviewer should be made part of the forwarding chain,
> and it should be made clear to whoever is upstream that this is a patch
> that has not been modified since it was reviewed.

It's more comfortable for the reviewer to send a mail reply with the tag.

But modifications after review are a problem either way.  (If the
modifications are minor, add a description below the Reviewed-by and
sign off below that additional description.  If they are major, drop the
Reviewed-by.  However, a follow-up patch instead of modifying the
reviewed patch should be considered and may be suitable in many cases,
since a patch which passed review should already be fine for commit on
its own.)

>> > Being sure of something and making guarantees are different things.
> 
> To a lawyer, yes. To everyone else, no, and the GPL already tells you
> that you are given no warranties.

OK.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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